Do you think your schoolwork is too hard? Do you feel you have too much homework? If you answer “yes”, you are in the same boat as most US kids. However, school life for them is about to get even harder.

    A group of 13 states have decided to make their schools’ workload(工作量) much heavier, especially in math and English. Most students in US high schools work very hard. But it is not like in China, where almost all students have to work from early morning till late in the evening.

    US students have a lot of freedom to decide how hard they should work. “Most students put in a lot of effort (努力), but some do almost nothing,” said Will Gordon, a teacher from North Carolina. “I think stricter rules will help those students who aren’t so focused (集中精神的).”

    “For the most part, it’s good,” said Adam Jorve, 15, a student at Gordon’s school. “A lot of kids in public schools can hardly read when they graduate. However, for me, I wish I didn’t have the extra work.”

81. From the first passage we know that most US kids _______.

A. have a pleasant school life         B. often go boating together

C. have hard schoolwork             D. pay little attention to their schoolwork

82. Compared with Chinese students, kids in the US ________.

A. have a much heavier workload                B. don’t have to work from morning till night

C. spend more time on math and English      D. have no time to relax themselves

83. What freedom do US students have? They have the freedom to decide _________.

A. how hard they should work    B. how long they stay at school

C. what to do and how to do it    D. how much time they should spend on their work

84. In Will Gordon’s opinion, students who almost do nothing in school will be helped ______.

A. by strict teachers                       B. by their parents

C. through the strict management (管理） D. through stricter rules

85. The passage tells us mainly about _______.

A. the heavy load of Chinese students  B. the heavy load of the US students

C. the freedom of the US students     D. the different school life of the US students

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